About
Erin Ristig is an independent consultant working in the fields of marine conservation and fisheries management. Her experience includes data collection program design, capacity-building and facilitation, project and data management, science communication, and community-driven conservation in international settings.
She is passionate about design and adoption of technology that can help enhance marine conservation, implementation of fisheries data collection programs, and stakeholder facilitation and training.
Erin has experience working in California, French Polynesia, Mexico, Argentina, Mozambique, and Ecuador.
Clients (past and present)
Barefoot Ocean – California Marine Sanctuary Foundation –
Environmental Defense Fund – Nature Analytics – NOAA – Rare
– The Nature Conservancy – The Rahui Center –
UC Santa Barbara
Education
Master of Environmental Science and Management | Coastal Marine Resources Management | Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at UC Santa Barbara
Bachelor of Arts | Environmental Analysis and Spanish | Claremont McKenna College